Questioning the coming Internet clog by Ed Gubbins

"One of the nation’s top authorities on global Internet traffic growth says his latest data show no reason to fear network capacity shortages, as traffic growth may even be slightly decelerating. Updating data collected from Internet exchanges around the...

Skype Someone's Ear Off With Unlimited Long Distance Calling

Skype has just announced inexpensive, unlimited monthly calling plans to both landlines and cell phones around the world. "Software telephony provider Skype Technologies has launched a new calling subscription...

3G video telephony gateway by Winnerstek based on PTMC DSP

""Winnerstek selected Surf's multimedia processing platform for its 3G mobile capabilities and advanced video support," said Ju-Hyun Park, President, Winnerstek. "With Surf's powerful DSPs and support for a wide range of codecs we are able to offer our customers high quality...

Skype founders 'happy' £260m exit

"Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have said they are happy with their decision to step down from the company they sold to eBay in 2005. The move, which was announced yesterday, has forced eBay into a £590m writedown on the £2.1bn it paid for the internet...

Internet Telephony – Leveraging Assets :: Symblogogy

"In Los Angeles this week, a conference and tradeshow focusing on technologies and strategies aligned to take advantage of the “New Phone” world was covered over a three day period. INTERNET TELEPHONY...

Vanguard Networks introduces session initiation protocol

VOIP Subscribers Can Lower Costs Using Vanguard Routers and Add SIP Phones Mansfield, Mass., (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Vanguard Networks announces new SIP (session initiation protocol) gateway to allow customers to reap the benefits of IP Telephony. With the...

User Vs. Networks: VoIP Battleground

More and more users are recognizing the benefits of true WiFi-enabled handsets, though service providers continue to drag their feet in bringing such devices to market. in the UK, two major carriers introduced the...

Skype partnering to penetrate and secure the enterprise market

"Skype plans to announce a partnership next week with a security company to help organizations gain control over usage of the Net telephony tool at work. The partnership is with Foster City, Calif.-based FaceTime...

SMB’s Start Taking to VoIP

Small to Medium Businesses have already taken to VoIP; the inherent cost advantages offered by the technology were a major attraction for SMBs to switch to VoIP from PSTN during 2006. According to the Yankee Group, the VoIP market for SMBs will be worth $1.3 billion in...

Cutting the cord: More households going cellular

I have no idea whether this is true, but I just received a report from the Center for Media Research. I have not checked out their bona fides, but they do generate a lot of stuff.This report claims that St....

Skype Announces Free Calling to Any Phone in US or Canada

Skype today announced that any subscriber to their SkypeOut service can now call any phone in the US or Canada for free. One more reason why Skype continues to set the standard for the next frontier in communications.

Bluetooth vending machine for creative mobile content

Bluevend is a wall-mounted Bluetooth vending machine designed for the distribution of creative mobile phone content. Pockets Shorts and Bluevend (both funded with the support of NESTA) is for everyone who is baffled with WAP, tired of Crazy Frog and who is unsure of the...

Internet Call Waiting

Internet Call Waiting No More Missed Calls on Dialup When you're waiting for an important telephone call, you need to keep the phone free so you don't miss that call. Not anymore. Thanks to Internet Call Waiting from NoMissedCalls.com, you can download a free software...

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